Archive Ideas to Life

In 1998 Ray Buchanan founded Stop Hunger Now, envisioning a world without hunger. In 2017 Stop Hunger Now has been rebranded to Rise Against Hunger.

Ray shares about turning his passion into action, the value of partnership and valuable advice for anyone seeking to make an impact in this world.

To find out more about the work of Rise Against Hunger check out their website - riseagainsthunger.org, their facebook page, twitter and instagram.

Rashad Burden is the founder and pastor of Grace Theater. It is a new, fresh approach to ministry by engaging the creative arts.

In this episode Rashad shares the steps he has taken from the initial spark to their present reality.

To keep up with Grace Theater and what Rashad is doing check out their -facebook page and twitter.

Jeff Tatarchuk describes himself as an "entrepreneurial evangelist." He has started different business beginning at a young age and progressing to his latest venture - Life RX Fitness.

Jeff is passionate about seeing others pursue ideas and bring them to reality. To help achieve this he champions a network of gatherings of innovators called Fruition Lab. This episode is filled with a lot of inspiration and practical steps for getting things done.

Rondell Trevino is leading the way in engaging and educating the city of Memphis and beyond on loving and caring for Immigrants. He founded and leads Memphis Immigration Project.

Rondell shares how he became passionate about the issue and how he has turned that passion into action.

Rondell Trevino can be reached on his website RondellTrevino.com and on twitter.

Myron Edmonds, an author, pastor and ministry leader, joins us to talk about courageous leadership. He is the Lead Pastor of Grace Community Adventist Church.

Myron shares how he studies past ideas for inspiration and the need for every leader to surround himself with mentors and a team.

Myron Edmonds can be reached on his website MyronEdmonds.com and on his -facebook page and twitter.

Ty Gibson is a ministry leader, author and church planter. He is the Co-Director of Lightbearers, a ministry he founded in 1985 with James Rafferty and their wives. Ty is the author of ten books, numerous blogs and a resource creator through truthlink.org and digma.com .

In this podcast, Ty shares his philosophy on getting things done, handling failure and his writing process. He recently launched the Storyline Adventist Church in Oregon.

This is a must listen and share for all creatives and leaders.

To keep up with Ty on social media visit his facebook page and twitter page.

Rachel Lemons Aitken is an author, blogger and innovator. She wrote the book Fish Food for young adults like herself to deepen their relationship with God. Since then Rachel has launched a blog on the same website.

Rachel resides in Australia with her husband and their new baby. She runs a ministry in the Greater Sydney Conference of Adventists called the Digital Discipleship Conference.

To keep up with Rachel on social media visit her facebook page and twitter.

Jason Francis, along with a team of like missioned people, leads a ministry movement called Kinetic. It's mission is to make great ideas become a reality by helping people to recognize their God-given potential to change the world.

Jason lives in Columbus, OH with his wife and children and serves as a pastor on staff at his church. To connect with Jason and Kinetic visit the website - iamkinetic.org/.

When Zach Hunter was 12, he founded a charitable campaign called Loose Change to Loosen Chains that aimed to raise funds and awareness to fight human trafficking. That's been going on for 13 years and now he's working on doubling-down on his commitment to justice both professionally and personally; not just when it's convenient and not just when it's halfway around the world.

Zach shares how to take action and having the courage to make a difference. You can connect with Zach by visiting his website - zachhunter.tv/..

JQ Sirls is a designer, illustrator, author and an all around creative. He shares his passion to "provoke the child within."

In this episode we learn through some of his successes but even more through what he calls "the professor" of failure. He has released two illustrated children's books, an app and other projects. You can connect with his work by visiting his website - www.fantoria.com.